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H series (Toronto subway)
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Hawker Siddeley Canada· from 1965· Toronto subway rapid transit rolling stock
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TTC H-6 Train at St George: ViaAmtrakGuy· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The H series is the third series of rapid transit rolling stock used in the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were built in six production sets, named H-1 to H-6, from 1965 to 1990 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The entire rolling stock was retired in 2014, though thirteen remaining cars still exist as work cars, including three H-1 cars.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 50 years (1965–2015).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 700
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Hawker Siddeley Canada, Urban Transportation Development Corporation, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Toronto Transit Commission
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 94 kW
- electric system
- Third rail;* List of railway electrification systems#600 V DC conductor, 600 V DC (TTC), List of railway electrification systems#750 V DC c…
- length
- 22.9 m
- weight
- 25.6 t
- capacity
- 76 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5627865, Wikipedia: H series (Toronto subway) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.